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Thomas R. Oliver, PhD, MHA

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Thomas R. Oliver is Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He has served as Director of the UW Master of Public Health program and the Wisconsin Center for Public Health Education and Training and is a faculty affiliate with the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. Professor Oliver graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in Human Biology. He received a master's degree in Health Administration from Duke University and master's and doctoral degrees in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Pew Health Policy Program at the University of California, San Francisco. Before coming to Wisconsin, he taught at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University. Professor Oliver's research examines critical issues in health policy, politics, and system reform. His current work includes studies of the role of intersectoral governance, leadership and partnerships to stimulate and guide population health improvement, key issues in US health policy, and comparative analysis of health policies in the US and European Union.

Mayes R, and Oliver TR. Chronic Disease and the Shifting Focus of Public Health: Is Prevention Still a Political Lightweight? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2012; 37 (April): 181-200.

Oliver TR. Medicare. In Paul J. Quirk and William Cunion (eds.), Governing America: Major Decisions of Federal, State, and Local Governments from 1789 to the Present. New York: Facts on File, 2011, pp. 651-61.

Oliver TR and Gerson J. The Role of Foundations in Shaping Health Policy: Lessons from Efforts to Expand and Preserve Health Insurance Coverage. In James Ferrisv (ed.), Foundations and Public Policy: Leveraging Philanthropic Dollars, Knowledge, and Networks for Greater Impact. New York: The Foundation Center, 2009, pp. 119-70.

Oliver TR. The Politics of Public Health Policy. Annual Review of Public Health 2006; 27: 195-233.

Oliver TR. Policy Entrepreneurship in the Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of Managed Care and Managed Competition. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 2004; 29 (August-October): 701-33.

Oliver TR. 2001. State Health Politics and Policy: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Challenges Ahead. In Robert B. Hackey and David A. Rochefort (eds.), The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001, pp. 273-91.

Oliver TR. The Dilemmas of Incrementalism: Logical and Political Constraints in the Design of Health Insurance Reforms. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 1999; 18 (Fall): 652-83.

Oliver TR. The Collision of Economics and Politics in Medicaid Managed Care: Reflections on the Course of Reform in Maryland. Milbank Quarterly 1998; 76 (1): 59-101.